The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-01-13
THE NEW SOUTH.
Grady's Great Speech.
Extracts from the Speech of Henry w.
Grady Delivered before the New Eng
land Society in New York.
Correspondence Atlanta Constitution.

Correspondence Atlanta constitutional
Mr.. Grady prefaced his remarks
with these words: "There was a
South of slavery and secession-that
South is dead. There is a South of
union and freedom-that South, thank
God, is living, breathing, growing
every hour" These words, delivered
from the immortal lips OF Benjamin
H. Hill, at Tammany Hall, in 1866,
true then and true now, | shall make
my text tonight.
Turning then and addressing HIM
self to President Russell, he said:
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN:
Let me express to you my appreciation
of the kindness by which | am permit
ted to address you. | make this ab-
rupt Acknowledgements advisedly, for |
feel that if, when | raise my provincial
voice in this ancient and august
presence, l could find courage for no
more than the opening sentence, it
would be we'll if, in that sentence, |
had met in a rough sense my obligation
as guest, and had perished, SO to
speak, with courtesy on my lips and
grace in my heart. Laughter.
! Permitted, through your kindness, to
catch my second wind, let me say that
l appreciate the significance of being
the first southerner to speak at this
board, which bears the substance, if it
surpasses the semblance, of original
New England hospitality [applausel ],
and honors the sentiment that in turn
honoxs you, but IN which my person
ality is lost and the compliment to my
people made plain. [Laughter;]
Pardon me one word, Mr. President,
spoken for the sole purpose OF getting
into the volumes that go out annually
| freighted with the rich eloquence of
your speakers-the fact that the
Cavalier as well as the Puritan was on
the continent in its early days, and
that he was cup and able to be about"
Laughter. have read your books
carefully and l find no mention of
that fact, which seems to me an
important one for preserving a sort of
historical equilibrium if for nothing
else.
Let me remind you that the Virginia
calvalier first challenged France on
this Continent-that cavalier John
Smith, gave New England its very
name, and was SO pleased with the job
that he has been handing his own
name around ever since-and that
while Miles Standish was cutting off
mems ears for counting girl without
her parents consent, and forbade men
to kiss their wives on Sunday, the
cavalier was Courting everything in
sight, and that the Almighty had
vouch-safed great increase to the
cavalier colonies, the huts in the
wilderness being as full as the nests in
the woods.
But having incorporated the Cavalier
as a fact in your charming little books
shall let him work out his own sal
vation, as he has always done with
. engaging gallantry, and we will hold
no controversy as to his merits. Why
should we? Neither Puritan or Cavalier
long survived as such. The virtues
and traditions of both happily still
live for the inspiration of their sons
and the saving of the old fashion.
Applause. But both Puritan and
Cavalier were lost in the storm of the
first revolution, and the American
citizen, supplanting both and stronger
than either, took possession of the
republic bought by their common
blood and fashioned to wisdom, and
charged himself with teaching men
government and establishing the voice
of the people as the voice of God.
Applause. ]
My friend, DR.. Talmage, has told
you that the typical American has yet
TO come. Let me tell you that he bas
already come-a pause.-GTeat types
like valuable plants are slow to flower
and fruit But from the union OF
these colonists Puritans and Cavaliers.
from the Strengthening OF their pur-
poses and the crossing Of their blood
slow perfecting through a century,
come he who stands, as the hIsttypical
American, the irst who comprehended
within himself all the strength and
gentleness, all the majesty and grace
of this republic-Abraham Lincoln.
| Loud and long continued applause.
He was the SUM Of Puritan and Cav,
alier, for in his ardent nature were
fused the virtues Of both, and In the
depths Of his great soul the faults o.
both were lost. Renewed applause.
He was greater than Puritan, greater
than Cavalier, in that he was Ameri
can [renewed applause]-and that il
his homely from were first gathered
the vast and thrilling forces Of hi: